//: C02:HelloStrings.cpp
// From Thinking in C++, 2nd Edition
// Available at http://www.BruceEckel.com
// (c) Bruce Eckel 1999
// Copyright notice in Copyright.txt
// The basics of the Standard C++ string class
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    string s1, s2; // Empty strings
    string s3 = "Hello, World."; // Initialized
    string s4("I am"); // Also initialized
    s2 = "Today"; // Assigning to a string
    s1 = s3 + " " + s4; // Combining strings
    s1 += " 8 "; // Appending to a string
    cout << s1 + s2 + "!" << endl;
} ///:~
